“ O Agni, so may we, devout, gazed at by men, throughout our days, Pass lightly over all distress. 31. We venerate with cheerful hearts the cheerful Agni, dear to all, Burning, with purifying flame. 32. So thou, O Agni rich in light, beaming like Surya with thy rays Boldly demolishest the gloom, 33. We pray to thee for this thy gift, Victor the gift that faileth not, O Agni, choicest wealth from thee. ”

“ Wishes for wealth have gone to Indra, longing for him in war for light and at libation, Eager for glory, labouring with praisesongs: he is like home, like sweet and fair nutrition. 16. Call we for you that Indra, prompt to listen, him who hath done so much for men's advantage; Who, Lord of envied bounty, to a singer like me brings quickly booty worth the capture. 17. When the sharp-pointed arrow, O thou Hero, flieth mid any conflict of the people, When, Faithful One, the dread encounter cometh, then be thou the Protector of our body. ”

“ Thy birth who seekest food is in the falling flood, Agni: as Comrade thou winnest all living things. Our coursers and our songs shall be victorious: they of themselves advance like one who guards the herd. 3. And thou, O Agni, thou of Godlike nature, sparest the stones, while caring up the brushwood. Then are thy tracks like deserts in the corn-lands. Let us not stir to wrath thy mighty arrow. 4. O'er hills through vales devouring as thou goest, thou partest like an army fain for booty As when a barber shaves a beard, thou shavest earth when the wind blows on thy flame and fans it. ”

“ For Indra, Lover of Carouse, loud be our songs about the juice: Let poets sing the song of praise. 20. We summon Indra to the draught, in whom all glories rest, in whom The seven communities rejoice. 21. At the Trikadrukas the Gods span sacrifice that stirs the mind: Let our songs aid and prosper it. 22. Let the drops pass within thee as the rivers flow into the sea: O Indra, naught excelleth thee. 23. Thou, wakeful Hero, by thy might hast taken food of Soma juice, Which, Indra, is within thee now. ”

“ As Agni, as the dart burns the dry forest, like the dread shaft burn down the fiends, O Indra; Thou who with high deep-reaching spear hast broken, hast covered over mischief and destroyed it. 11. With wealth, by thousand paths come hither, Agni, paths that bring ample strength, O thou Most Splendid. Come, Son of Strength, o'er whom, Invoked of many! the godless hath no power to keep thee distant. ”

“ Thou by whose lustre all the world of life comes forth, and by thy beams again returns unto its rest, O Surya with the golden hair, ascend for us day after day, still bringing purer innocence. 10. Bless us with shine, bless us with perfect daylight, bless us with cold, with fervent heat and lustre. Bestow on us, O Surya, varied riches, to bless us in our home and when we travel. 11. Gods, to our living creatures of both kinds vouchsafe protection, both to bipeds and to quadrupeds, That they may drink and eat invigorating food. So grant us health and strength and perfect innocence. ”

“ Indra, what mortal will attack the man who hath his wealth in thee? The strong will win the spoil on the decisive day through faith in thee, O Maghavan. 15. In battles with the foe urge on our mighty ones who give the treasures dear to thee, And may we with our princes, Lord of Tawny Steeds! pass through all peril, led by thee. 16. Thine, Indra, is the lowest wealth, thou cherishest the mid-most wealth, Thou ever rulest all the highest: in the fray for cattle none resisteth thee. 17. Thou art renowned as giving wealth to every one in all the battles that are fought. ”

“ May we be thine, God Varuna, and with our princes, Mitra, thine. Food and Heaven's light will we obtain. 10. Many are they who strengthen Law, Sun-eyed, with Agni for their tongue, They who direct the three great gatherings with their thoughts, yea, all things with surpassing might. 11. They who have stablished year and month and then the day, night, sacrifice and holy verse, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, the Kings, have won dominion which none else may gain. 12. So at the rising of the Sun we think of you with hymns to-day, Even as Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman deserve: ye are the charioteers of Law. ”

“ They who extend beyond the earth and heaven, by their own mass, as from the cloud spreads Surya; Like mighty Heroes covetous of glory, like heavenly gallants who destroy the wicked. 4. When ye come nigh, as in the depth of waters, the earth is loosened, as it were, and shaken. This your all-feeding sacrifice approaches: come all united, fraught, as 'twere with viands. 5. Ye are like horses fastened to the chariot poles, luminous with your beams, with splendour as at dawn; Like self-bright falcons, punishers of wicked men, like hovering birds urged forward, scattering rain around. ”

“ As rivers swell the ocean, so, Hero, our prayers increase thy might, Though of thyself, O Thunderer, waxing day by day. 9. With holy song may bind to the broad wide-yoked car the Bay Steeds of the rapid God, Bearers of Indra, yoked by word. 10. O Indra, bring great strength to us, bring valour, Satakratu, thou most active, bring A hero conquering in war. 11. For, gracious Satakratu, thou hast ever been a Mother and a Sire to us, So now for bliss we pray to thee. 12. To thee, Strong, Much-invoked, who showest forth thy strength, O Satakratu, do I speak: So grant thou us heroic strength. ”

“ I GRASP at you when power and strength begin to dawn: bedew ye, Indra and the Maruts, Heaven and Earth, That Day and Night, in every hall of sacrifice, may wait on us and bless us when they first spring forth. ”

“ Destroy the fiend shaped like an owl or owlet, destroy him in the form of dog or cuckoo. Destroy him shaped as eagle or as vulture as with a stone, O Indra, crush the demon. 23. Let not the fiend of witchcraft-workers reach us: may Dawn drive off the couples of Kimidins. Earth keep us safe from earthly woe and trouble: from grief that comes from heaven mid-air preserve us. 24. Slay the male demon, Indra! slay the female, joying and triumphing in arts of magic. Let the fools' gods with bent necks fall and perish, and see no more the Sun when he arises. ”

“ He who beholds mankind, made pure with filters, the King supreme of Deities and mortals, From days of old is Treasure-Lord of riches: he, Indu, cherishes fair well-kept Order. 25. Haste, like a steed, to victory for glory, to Indra's and to Vayu's entertainment. Give us food ample, thousandfold: be, Soma, the finder-out of riches when they cleanse thee. 26. Effused by us let God-delighting Somas bring as they flow a home with noble heroes. Rich in all boons like priests acquiring favour, the worshippers of heaven, the best of Cheerers. ”

“ Agni, whoever secretly attacks us, the neighbour, thou with Mitra's might! who harms us, Burn him with thine own Steers for ever youthful, burning with burning heat, thou fiercest burner. 5. He who serves thee with sacrifice and fuel, with hymn, O Son of Strength, and chanted praises, Shines out, Immortal! in the midst of mortals, a sage, with wealth, with splendour and with glory. 6. Do this, O Agni, when we urge thee, quickly, triumphant in thy might subdue our foemen. When thou art praised with words and decked with brightness, accept this chanted hymn, the singer's worship. ”

“ O Soma, thou beholdest men from every side: O Pavamana, Steer, thou wanderest through these. Pour out upon us wealth in treasure and in gold: may we have strength to live among the things that be. 39. Winner of gold and goods and cattle flow thou on, set as impregner, Indu, mid the worlds of life. Rich in brave men art thou, Soma, who winnest all: these holy singers wait upon thee with the song. 40. The wave of flowing meath hath wakened up desires: the Steer enrobed in milk plunges into the streams. ”

“ May we be victors in the singer's battle song, and meet the wicked, Much invoked! With heroes smite the foeman and show forth our strength. O Indra, further thou our thoughts. 13. O Indra, from all ancient time rivalless ever and companionless art thou: Thou seekest comradeship in war. 14. Thou findest not the wealthy man to be thy friend: those scorn thee who are flown with wine. What time thou thunderest and gatherest, then thou, even as a Father, art invoked. 15. O Indra, let us not, like fools who waste their lives at home, with friendship such as thine Sit idly by the poured-out juice. ”

“ Acting the Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and song as 'twere a stall that kine may prosper. 2. The worlds expand to him who from aforetime found light to spread the law of life eternal. The swelling songs, like kine within the stable, in deep devotion call aloud on Indu. 3. When the sage bears his holy wisdom round him, like a car visiting all worlds, the Hero, Becoming fame, mid Gods, unto the mortal, wealth to the skilled, worth praise mid the Ever-present, 4. For glory born be hath come forth to glory: he giveth life and glory to the singers. They, clothed in glory, have become immortal. ”

“ Let the prayer-haters bear our sin to every side. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day. 10. Hear us, O ye who claim the worship of mankind, and give us, O ye Gods, the gift for which we pray, Victorious wisdom, fame with heroes and with wealth. We crave to-day this gracious favour of the Gods. 11. We crave the gracious favour of the Gods to-day, great favour of great Gods, sublime and free from foes, That we may gain rich treasure sprung from hero sons. We crave this gracious favour of the Gods to-day. ”

“ For, Dancer, verily I find none else for bounty, saving thee, For splendid wealth and power, thou Lover of the Song. 13. For Indra pour ye out the drops meath blent with Soma let him drink With bounty and with majesty will he further us. 14. I spake to the Bay Coursers' Lord, to him who gives ability: Now hear the son of Asva as he praises thee. 15. Never was any Hero born before thee mightier than thou: None certainly like thee in goodness and in wealth. 16. O ministering priest, pour out of the sweet juice what gladdens most: So is the Hero praised who ever prospers us. ”

“ I WILL extol the most heroic Indra who with his might forced earth and sky asunder; Who hath filled all with width as man's Upholder, surpassing floods and rivers in his greatness. 2. Surya is he: throughout the wide expanses shall Indra turn him, swift as car-wheels, hither, Like a stream resting not but ever active he hath destroyed, with light, the black hued darkness. 3. To him I sing a holy prayer, incessant new, matchless, common to the earth and heaven, Who marks, as they were backs, all living creatures: ne'er doth he fail a friend, the noble Indra. ”

“ Give us our portion in the Sun through thine own mental power and aids; And make us better than we are. 6. Through thine own mental power and aid long may we look upon the Sun; Make thou us better than we are. 7. Well-weaponed Soma, pour to us a stream of riches doubly great; And make us better than we are. 8. As one victorious unsubdued in battle pour forth wealth to us; And make us better than we are. 9. By worship, Pavamana! men have strengthened thee to prop the Law: Make thou us better than we are. ”

“ Harness the steeds who draw the car, O Vasu, bring the well-fed pair. O Vayu, drink thou of our meath: come unto our drink-offerings. 21. Wonderful Vayu, Lord of Right, thou who art Tvastar's son-in-law, Thy saving succour we elect. 22. To Tvastar's son-in-law we pray for wealth whereof he hath control: For glory we seek vayu, men with juice effused. 23. From heaven, auspicious Vayu, come drive hither with thy noble steeds: Come on thy mighty car with wide-extending seat. 24. We call thee to the homes of men, thee wealthiest in noble food, And liberal as a press-stone with a horse's back. ”

“ We sages, mortals as we are, adore the mighty name of thee, Immortal Jatavedas' name. 6. Sages, we call the Sage to help, mortals, we call the God to aid: We call on Agni with our songs. 7. May Vatsa draw- thy mind away even from thy loftiest dwelling-place, Agni, with song that yearns for thee. 8. Thou art the same in many a place: mid all the people thou art Lord. In fray and fight we call on thee. 9. When we are seeking strength we call Agni to help us in the strife, The giver of rich gifts in war. ”

“ If I, O Indra, were the Lord of riches ample as thine own, I should support the singer, God. who givest wealth! and not abandon him to woe. 19. Each day would I enrich the man who sang my praise, in whatsoever place he were. No kinship is there better, Maghavan, than thine: a father even is no more. 20. With Plenty for his true ally the active man will gain the spoil. Your Indra, Much-invoked, I bend with song, as bends a wright his wheel of solid wood. 21. A moral wins no riches by unworthy praise: wealth comes not to the niggard churl. ”

“ By paths that are thine own come hither, Agni, joyous, delighting in the Gods' alliance, Making the heights of earth roar with thy fury, burning with eager teeth the woods and forests. 3. The grass is strewn; the sacrifice advances adored as Priest, Agni is made propitious, Invoking both All-boon-bestowing Mothers of whom, Most Youthful! thou wast born to help us. 4. Forthwith the men, the best of these for wisdom, have made him leader in the solemn worship. As Lord in homes of men is Agni stablished, the Holy One, the joyous, sweetly speaking. ”

“ Men who present, O Indra strong by nature, with food the many songs that tell thy praises. 6. Thine are two measures, Indra, wide-well meted, heaven for thy majesty, earth for thy wisdom. Here for thy choice are Somas mixed with butter: may the sweet meath be pleasant for thy drinking. 7. They have poured out a bowl to him, to Indra, full of sweet juice, for faithful is his bounty. O'er earth's expanse hath he grown great by wisdom, the Friend of man, and by heroic exploits. 8. Indra hath conquered in his wars, the Mighty: men strive in multitudes to win his friendship. ”

“ Let not those other sacrificers stay thee, Indra: these juices shed for thee are ready. 2. Thine is the juice effused, thine are the juices yet to be pressed: our resonant songs invite thee. O Indra, pleased to-day with this libation, come, thou who knowest all and drink the Soma. 3. Whoso, devoted to the God, effuses Soma for him with yearning heart and spirit,- Never doth Indra give away his cattle: for him he makes the lovely Soma famous. 4. He looks with loving favour on the mortal who, like a rich man, pours for him the Soma. ”

“ O Indra-Varuna, be ye the lovers of this my song, as steers who love the milch-Cow. Milk may it yield us as, gone forth to pasture, the great Cow pouring out her thousand rivers. 6. For fertile fields, for worthy sons and grandsons, for the Sun's beauty and for steer-like vigour, May Indra-Varuna with gracious favours work marvels for us in the stress of battle. 7. For you, as Princes, for your ancient kindness, good comrades of the man who seeks for booty, We choose to us for the dear bond of friendship, most liberal Heroes bringing bliss like parents. ”

“ Make me immortal in that realm where they move even as they list, In the third sphere of inmost heaven where lucid worlds are full of light. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake. 10. Make me immortal in that realm of eager wish and strong desire, The region of the radiant Moon, where food and full delight are found. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake: 11. Make me immortal in that realm where happiness and transports, where Joys and felicities combine, and longing wishes are fulfilled. ”